possible scabies, any good natropathic remedy? Options

[Benjamin]

Hello guys.

Well after a relationship went sour I have been left with two cats, mother and son.
Was never really a cat person but these guys have really grown on me, good companionship.

The younger cat is 11 years old, a Manx. For past few months he has been grooming/chewing the base of his tail, he has small scabs over most of his tail stump and base of the tail, and he has been grooming so excessively that he now has a bald patch at the base of his tail.
Done a bit of research and from what I can gather he has Scabies?
Don't really fancy the idea of trying to get him in a tub to apply rinse to his skin, he will go bonkers and claw the crap out of me..

Just curious if anyone knows of natural remedies that will actually work, or if what I have described is actually Scabies.

Cheers, Benji

[Furrballz]

Hi Benji,
Sounds like a trip to the vet is needed to be accurate on what the issue is with your Manx.
I certainly wouldnt like to guess without seeing it, and the vet will be able to tell you how to treat it properley

[feloo]

Hi Benji

Cats don't get scabies, so please do not use any human rinse or insecticide. cats cannot tolerate toxic material like humans or dogs. you can't give them asperin or ibruprophan.

Generally, anything on the skin is either coming form some internal distrubnace.. could be hormonal or could be food intolerance, or some sort of external distrubance, like a reaction to flee bites or so chemical like a clearner that is coming into contact with that area.

First stop should be the vets.. I suspect it is a food interlance which means he might just need to go on a hypoallergenic food and that could solve the problem!!

let me know how you get on

I think you are very kind to have taken on the cats even though you are not a great cat fan!! They are geat company when you get to know and undersatnd cats!!

kind regards

Feloo

[Benjamin]

Thanks for the replies.

Sort of thought a vet visit was the way to go about things, was hoping someone has experienced something similar with their cat and could suggest a possible natural remedy, as I'm not a fan of drugs/chemicals in general.

Could be dietary, although the little buggers eat better than me sometimes, they are not happy unless I feed them tinned tuna in springwater!

Hoping it's something simple and friendly on the wallet, I guess I wont know till I actually take him next week hopefuly when I have the spare $

Will let you guys know how I went.

Cheers, Benji

[Furrballz]

Hi benji, a small word of warning with tuna.
If a cats diet is made up of a lot of tuna, they cannot absorb calcium correctly and can end up with a Henry bones syndrome

Feeding chicken, beef and lamb strips, raw is much better for them

[Benjamin]

Hello Furballz.
Wow that is the first I have heard of that disease/disorder, makes me really think as they get tuna every second night, have done so for years now.
Come to think of it the manx was taken to vet for a diabetes check late last year because of continual weight loss despite being ravenousl and we had noticed that he wasn't able to scale the back fence without difficulty. Came back negative, we just assumed it was old age, he will be 12 this year.

Might restrict their intake of tuna to just once a week, didn't know tuna could be bad for them, thought it was better for them than the rubbish that comes out of cat food tins, that stuffs awful.

Cheers, Benji

[Furrballz]

Hi Benji,
This is an extract taken from my kitten notes sheet I give all my cat & kitten purchasers

A few friendly words of warning. There are some foodstuffs that should either NEVER be fed, or at the very least, sparingly fed, as they can be harmful to animals.

COW’S MILK – unfortunately this is not good for cats. Most can’t digest it properly and will end up with diarrhoea….remember it WAS developed for calves!

CHOCOLATE – contains theobromine, which is toxic to animals, causes increased heart & respiration rates, vomiting, diarrhoea and depression.

ONION – contains oxidizing agents that can damage feline red blood cells & cause anaemia.

RAW EGGS – contains a protein that blocks the bodies’ use of one of the B vitamins, may cause dermatitis, hair loss & neurological dysfunction. We suggest that no more than one a week, is safe.

TUNA – low in calcium & too high in phosphorus, may cause a vitamin E deficiency or yellow-fat disease & increase susceptibility to rubber jaw, a form of osteoporosis.

[Catsfriend]

I very much warn from taking scabies too easily. I have experienced scabies on my own body. I got it years ago from a group of rescued guinea pigs. You get lots of little patches which itch like mad, so you keep scratching them and break your skin which leads to infections. The interesting thing was that I went to my human doctor first with the problem, and she took samples from my skin and send them to laboraties, to no avail. Then, my vet did the same thing with my guinea pig and found the cause. With the active ingredient the vet prescribed I went to the pharmacy and got an over-the-counter remedy for myself, too, which worked perfectly well and cured all of us over night.
This story is just meant to help you if you find any itchy round red spots on your body, too. If you don't, it is most likely NOT scabies.